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LESSON
1
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ACTS
“WHAT
THEY WERE TOLD AND WHAT THEY DID!”
Welcome
to this introductory course in the Book of Acts!
This course will introduce you to several facets of studying textual
courses in the Center for Church Enrichment.
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you may have about the course, the study procedure, and other matters of
concern.
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Check out each of the items that appear
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better it helps us to know something about you;
besides, we want to get
to know you as a fellow believer!
What
is this course all about?
This study will be a brief textual study in keeping with the
purpose and theology of Acts.
The study will in particular focus on the following elements in
Acts in nine lessons:
1.
This introductory lesson and survey of Acts.
2.
A brief Introduction to Acts, and Jesus’ instruction to the
Apostles to be his
witness beginning in Jerusalem and then from
there through Judea and
Samaria and to the whole world. (Acts 1)
3.
The preaching of the Apostles – their apostolic message. (Acts
1; 3, 4)
4.
Peter’s Pentecost Sermon. (Acts 2)
5.
The response of those who heard the message throughout Acts (Acts
8, 9)
6.
Cornelius and the working of the Holy Spirit in Acts. (Acts 10)
7.
The mission of the early church in Antioch. (Acts 13 - 20)
8.
Paul’s journey to Rome and its circumstances. (Acts 21-28)
9.
Salvation in Acts
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It is the purpose of
this study to introduce you to the general flow of the Apostles’
preaching, the founding of the new community of believers that Luke will
call the church, and what people were told to do in order to be saved and added to the church.
We encourage you to
carefully read the texts cited from Acts, and any other texts that may
be referenced.
Each of the nine
lessons will include an assignment that will be automatically e-mailed
back to the teacher.
Enjoy
your study, and we pray that you will use this information to the Glory
of God!
Reading
Assignment for Lesson 1
Carefully read the following passages as an introduction to the story of
Acts and an encouragement to your study.
Make notes of the thrust of each passage.
1.
Acts 1:6-11
2.
Acts 2:36-42
3.
Acts 2:46, 47
4.
Acts 4:12
5.
Acts 6:1-7
6.
Acts 8:34-39
7.
Acts 10:34-43
8.
Acts 13:1-3; 15:36-41
9.
Acts 14:21-23
10.
Acts 16:19-33
11.
Acts 17:1-9
12.
Acts 17:22-31
13.
Acts 20:17-32
14.
Acts 22:1-16
15.
Acts 28:17-30
Summary
and Discussion
1) When you have
completed the above reading assignments summarize what you
learned about Jesus' commission to the
apostles.
2) What did Jesus intend the apostles to do?
3) What did they do in response?
4) Give one or two examples that would illustrate this.
5) What did they tell others, or what was the central content of
their message?
6) What did they tell others to do? Give on or two examples
of their instruction to
others.
7) What was the geographic development Luke traces in Acts?
8) Why did Luke adopt this geographic structure to his narrative?
9) What was the message of salvation preached by the apostles and
apostolic men in
Acts?
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